They did indeed sound like skymasters, while serving with a 40MM AntiAircraft detachment at Hawthorne Calif. in '57 we were scrambled because of an inoperable "IFF" on a B36 flying over LA. IFF= Identification,friend, or foe, called transponders now.
Let's get this straight, airplanes 50 years = 45,000 that's 900 per year
versus
AUTOMOBILES, in past 50years = 2,267,420
Big difference.
The most disgusting journalism I ever recall, I'll NEVER buy another USA TODAY.